Eli Lansey :: Research + Publications

I've tabulated and graphed some data about the costs of
Yeshiva elementary schools in the Teaneck area. A few points:

The displayed numbers are total actual costs,
after all mandatory fees, mandatory contributions, etc.

The
tables and figures represent the costs associated with the schools, if
tuition freezes at current amounts. (I do not
have data on past
increases, and don't want to extrapolate forward.)

Although all the schools are supposedly priced the same, RYNJ is consistently cheaper
by around $1500-$2700 per kid.

This graph shows the percentage of the total actual cost
made
up by fees, mandatory contributions., etc. Click for full
size.

Results were calculated using the latest tuition and
fees
schedules from
the schools ('10-'11 school year) [source]. They assume
a
birth rate of 1 kid every other year for a maximum of 3 kids, with all
kids attending the same school starting in kindergarden. They
furthermore assume no
scrip
purchased, and Moriah's distributed building fund schedule.
BPY's fee schedule
only goes up to 5th grade; kids graduate after 5th grade in this
model. This
only represents the costs of elementary school, not high school.

I can easily create these results for any combination of family size,
birth rate, etc. (I'm working on an interactive web-based
tool to
generate these results. If anyone talented or knowledgeable in
Java/Flash/Etc. would like to work with me on web-embeddable
demontrations, please contact
me!)

Per child analysis:This section shows the
effective yearly cost per child by dividing total cost by number of
enrolled children. Click all images for
full-size.

This is the effective yearly cost per kid enrolled in elementary
school.

This table shows the highest and lowest effective yearly cost per kid
and the difference between them:

Total cost analysis:
This section shows the actual total cost per year. Click
all images for full-size.

This is the total yearly cost for elementary school.

This table shows the highest and lowest total yearly cost and the
difference between them: